Mexican Wrestler Hijo del Perro Aguayo Dies During Match

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Because wrestling is entertainment, accidents this big aren't supposed to happen.

Long Story Short

Twenty-year wrestling veteran and star fighter Hilo del Perro Aguayo died in the ring after being hit with a flying kick from former WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio Jr. The incident is being investigated for manslaughter.

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Mexican star wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez a.k.a. Hijo del Perro Aguayo was well accustomed to the ring. He’d wrestled for twenty years since the age of 15 and grew up watching his father legendary wrestler Pedro “Perro” Aguayo fight before joining him in the ring to win national pairs, according to ESPN. The younger Aguayo also won numerous titles, a national heavyweight championship and the Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre world trios championship before a freak accident claimed his life in the ring on Friday night.

Aguayo collapsed on the ropes after Oscar Gutierrez, known as former WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio Jr., struck him in the neck with a flying kick. In a video posted on CNN, Aguayo can be seen seemingly unconscious and sprawled over the bottom rope.

The match went on for a little while before another wrestler noticed Aguayo was injured and called over to the referee and paramedics. The lead doctor wasn’t available to help because he was tending to different wrestler, but a doctor came from the audience and offered assistance.

Aguayo was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m in Tijuana.

The state prosecutor’s office said the autopsy showed that Aguayo died from a trauma to the neck and a cervical fracture. They’ve subsequently opened an investigation into possible manslaughter.

Rey Mysterio Jr., who was making his first return to the Mexican league AAA since 1997, proclaimed his condolences on Twitter and Instagram where he posted photos of him and Aguayo when they were just starting their careers.

I had the privilege to share a ring for the first time with Hijo Del Perro Aguayo in his debut as a professional wrestler & an Honor to be in the Ring with this great Legend for the last time! You will be missed Perro:: RIP Perro Aguayo Jr.

For anyone who watches wrestling or watched it in the past, it’s well-known that tragedies are extremely rare and when they do happen it shakes the community. Take the death of Owen Hart for instance. Here's how some people in the wrestling community are reacting now:

@bigSCARY122: @JRsBBQ as elder voice of wrestling I'd like to know your thought on hijo del perro aguayo's death on this dark day Devastated